Jane Paul is a college instructor, activist, and advocate for economic, environmental, and climate justice, for housing rights, and for incarceral system reform. She teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA), in the undergraduate Urban Studies concentration, as well as in the Master of Arts in Urban Sustainability program, the Bridge Program, and the national Clemente Program. She is teaching, researching, writing, and developing curriculum on the solidarity economy, climate, and human rights.

Prior to teaching, from 2007 until 2013, Jane was an environmental policy consultant focused on the green economy, environmental & economic justice. She led the green economy initiatives at the Green LA Coalition, a collaboration of organizations developing environmental policy and advocacy for the City of Los Angeles, regional institutions, and agencies housed at the Liberty Hill Foundation and Community Partners.

Jane currently serves on the newly formed SMC Industry Advisory Board Meeting for the Homeless Sector and was a Commissioner and Vice Chairperson on the City of Los Angeles Rent Adjustment Commission in the City of LA’s Housing and Community Investment Department, appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, from 2014 until 2020. She was formerly the Chairperson of the City of Los Angeles Green Retrofit and Workforce Development Advisory Council, appointed by former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a member of the Apollo Alliance Steering Committee, the Good Food Economy and Academic Partnerships workgroups of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. She was previously chair of the university’s Sustainability Committee, co-author with the committee members of AULA’s Climate Action Plan, and Chairperson of the Bridge Program’s Council.

Jane worked in food relief efforts in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2019 and in Northeast Los Angeles in 2020. Additional volunteer projects include training, fundraising, and event planning for California Calls, Schools and Communities First, and LA mayor-elect Karen Bass.

Jane received a Master of Arts in Urban Planning with a concentration in Community Economic Development from the UCLA School of Public Affairs (now the Luskin School of Public Affairs), with an emphasis on community economic development, following twenty years in motion picture industry production – utilizing and developing organizational management skills in communication, human resources, scheduling, large scale project coordination and logistics. Jane has received a certificate of completion for leadership coursework at the Harvard John F Kennedy School of Government. She received her BA in Liberal Studies from Antioch University Los Angeles. Jane lives in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, with her family.